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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Chocolate Mint Cookies: Your Recipe, My Kitchen

The best laid plans sometimes just don't work out. I had one last bag of Hershey mint kisses in my fridge that I simply had to use before I moved. I found a wonderful recipe for a chocolate cookie with mint chips on Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body in that sounded amazing. Then I realized that my cocoa was packed. Time for Plan B.

I ended up with a more traditional chocolate chip cookie batter. I added peppermint extract straight into the dough and then threw in chocolate chips with the kisses. I didn't take the time to chop the kisses so some of the cookies had a red and white layer in the center. They were stellar cookies...definitely a make again recipe.

Cream butter and both sugars. Add eggs and flavorings, mixing well. Dump in flour, soda and salt and then mix. Stir in the kisses and chips. Scoop onto cookie sheet and bake 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes or until brown around the edges. Let cool for 1-3 minutes on the baking sheet before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

Your Turn! I added an extra day to link up in case you are too busy on the 4th!

26 comments:

I once had a recipe for "Mint Surprise Cookies." We made them in school in junior high and they had a mint chocolate wafer buried inside. I've tried to make them since but lost track of what kind of wafer was used. The soft kind just melt through the bottom of the cookies and that didn't happen when we made them in school. My husband loves mint chocolate. I wish I could make them again.

I'm impressed that you managed to hold onto those kisses for so long. I bought them around Christmas time and I won't even say how quickly they got eaten. (Very quickly.) These cookies sound fabulous though!

I need to get my hand on some of those Hershey mint kisses! Thank you for sharing your sweet self with me today. I'm smiling (and I'm hungry now!) I need to read your blog after I've had dinner :-) I hope you have a fabulous end to your week. Take care, my friend!

Your Chocolate Mint Cookie recipe looks interesting to me specially that it comes loosely from a book called “Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body”? I’m trying to see the connection of the recipe with the title of the book. Anyway, I’ll surely give it a try one time. Thanks for sharing!